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- A four-year-old girl flown to hospital after being bitten by a dingo in Queensland
- Indian doctors strike as anger grows over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor
- Fourteen year-old Arisa Trew on life back home after her history-making result at the Paris Games
A four-year-old girl has been airlifted to hospital after being bitten by a dingo at a popular tourist spot in Queensland that has been the site of multiple dingo attacks in the past.
The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service says the child was assessed by a doctor on the island and transported to a hospital in Hervey Bay as a precaution.
She remains in a stable condition.
It's understood she was part of a group of people fishing at NgKala Rocks on the eastern side of K'gari, formerly Fraser Island.
The attack is the latest in a spate of dingo-related incidents on the island, including a two-year-old boy being bitten on the leg in June and a 10- year-old boy in April, after a dingo chased him out of the water.
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The grieving father of a 31-year-old trainee doctor, who was raped and murdered in Kolkata last week, says he is overwhelmed with the support his family has received, and he will continue to seek justice for his daughter.
The doctor was found dead on a mattress in the medical college where she worked. She had settled down for a nap in a college lecture hall after completing nearly 20 hours of a 36-hour shift.
The crime has generated an outpouring of public anger, with thousands of doctors and women across the country rallying on the streets in solidarity with the victim.
Medical professionals participated in a 24-hour nationwide shutdown, cutting off access to elective medical procedures and out-patient consultations.
India's Central Bureau of Investigation has so far detained one suspect in the case.
The father of the trainee doctor says he is finding strength in the voices of the demonstrators.
"All the protesters who are out on the streets demanding justice are like my sons and daughters. I feel they have now become my children. My daughter is gone but millions of sons and daughters are now with me. This has given me a lot of strength and I feel we will get something.”
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The New South Wales Liberals have requested more time to put forward candidates for local elections after an extraordinary failure to submit forms on time.
The state electoral commission has confirmed it is considering a formal request to extend the nomination period, put forward in a letter from the party's state president, Don Harwin.
It's the latest step by the Liberals to recover after the party failed to submit up to 151 nomination forms before the deadline, leaving conservative voters in some seats with minimal options to pick from.
The creator of the website TallyRoom has found 44 contests involving some 135 candidates would be affected at the September 14 elections.
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Former Coalition Prime Minister John Howard has defended his government's decision to implement the Northern Territory Intervention in 2007.
The policy was implemented in 77 indigenous communities and included: restrictions on alcohol and pornography, and the quarantining of welfare payments through the basics card.
In a statement, Mr Howard said the policy was "totally justified" because the federal government believed the Territory government had "failed in its responsibility to Indigenous children".
The former leader's comments follow an apology from the Northern Territory's police commissioner at this year's Garma Festival, which included saying sorry for the force's role in the Intervention.
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A new group has laid out its plans for the construction of a new precinct in Queensland, which includes a brand new stadium, set to be delivered by 2031.
The Brisbane Design Alliance, which is spearheaded by a number of Australian-based architects that have worked on several projects across the world, has delivered its proposal for a $6 billion athlete's village at the Hamilton Northshore site.
The team's proposal includes residential and retail investments besides the stadium, set to breathe new life into the area.
However, the state government has rejected the bid after the group requested they offer up the over 150-hectares of land necessary for its development.
HKS architect firm's Australia-based director Andrew Colling, one of the main members of this project, says it would not be financially dependent on public funds.
"Funding a stadium by itself is a difficult job. But if it's part of a broader precinct that does have commercial activity and housing and retail spaces and a fisherman's wharf that's along the river, that helps support the business case for a new stadium. So, not suggesting that we don't need the support of the state, what we're trying to do is reduce the amount of tax-payer funds that would be required to get this project off the ground."
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In sport, 14-year-old skateboard sensation Arisa Trew says she's happy to be back home, adjusting to her life after winning a gold medal at the Olympics.
Her result made her Australia's youngest-ever Olympic medallist.
Speaking to SBS Japanese, young Arisa has said she's had to adapt to a new situation since coming back home from Paris.
"(It's) really like fun, like, going back to school and like being back with all my friends, but like there's like I guess a lot of people that know me now and like it's like everybody knows who's, who I am, like, more than they used to. So then that's like different. But it is all the same at school. Like everybody's just happy for me and I'm just like there skating with all my friends."
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In Rugby Union, the Wallabies have been defeated by South Africa in a Rugby Championship match blighted by periods of heavy rain.
The Wallabies lost four front-rowers in a 14-minute period, leaving them unable to handle the power of the Springboks in the 30-12 defeat.
South Africa achieved the comprehensive win, despite making 10 changes to their starting line-up from last week's 33-7 win over the Wallabies in Brisbane.
